Li Yuanxing is going to Liaodong, which is news that shocked both the government and the public.
It is not even possible to go to Liaodong secretly.
After hearing the news, Li Er immediately rushed back to Chang'an. His first words after seeing Li Yuanxing were: "Wulang, do you want to make the border area unrest?"
"Is it that serious?" Li Yuanxing didn't understand.
Li Er did not answer, but asked Li Yuanxing to follow him to the study room of the palace.
Just at the door of the study, Li Er said to Eunuch Gao: "Go and check the case files, go to the Ministry of Rites to transfer the files. According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, what is the full set of honors for the prince's long journey? What is the full set of honors for the prince of Qin's long journey? What would it be if it were two levels higher?"
What is the configuration of the guards when Admiral Ce travels to inspect the frontier?"
Eunuch Gao stood motionless.
Li Yuanxing smiled mockingly: "Lao Gao, just tell me directly. I'm afraid you can memorize these things."
"Replying to Your Highness, the Forbidden Army will dispatch one elite army. Twelve dispatches will be accompanied by two guards. Each guard will be equipped with four troops. Military armor will be provided with two armies. A full set of weapons, no limit to light armor. The horse army will be a total of three troops, and the Forbidden Army will be a total of three troops.
The horse army, one army for each of the twelve guards is the horse army!" Eunuch Gao said to Li Yuanxing as he followed Li Er into the study.
Li Yuanxing silently calculated in his mind that one army had 12,000 men, which equaled nine armies.
One hundred and eight hundred people.
This number is really quite a lot. This number plus the auxiliary troops can reach 200,000, which is about the same as the cost of a single battle.
Li Er sat back on his dragon chair: "Wu Lang, don't the four guards of Tiance need to follow?"
The number of the Four Guards of Tiance is not large, and none of the Four Guards has reached full strength. It can be said that the Four Guards of Tiance in the official establishment are all officers. The lowest-ranking officer is also a captain under the ninth rank, and can lead fifty troops.
level.
"Let's drive lightly and save a little." Li Yuanxing still wanted to go.
Li Er smiled coldly: "Brother Wei, let me tell you a few trade-offs. It's up to you to decide whether to go or not. First of all, with so many people traveling out of Chang'an, you have to face the Yushitai because your expenses are too high.
It’s huge. And there is no war in Liaodong, so this is the reason for Yushitai.”
"That's right. What do I want to do when I go to Liaodong? I won't tell anyone!"
"Okay, besides, if you lead so many troops, all the tribes in the north may not even be able to sleep well. You, Wu Lang, have a hundred thousand soldiers, plus 30,000 elites. You can wipe out any tribe in the north with just a wave of your hand.
.You are forcing them to join forces, because no small country can face your guard army alone!"
When Li Er said this, Li Yuanxing patted his head lightly: "That's what it is."
"Besides, you choose to be simple and obedient. The guard of honor represents the majesty of the Tang Dynasty. As the king of Tang and Qin, if you don't wear the guard of honor, are you going to embarrass the Tang Dynasty? The censors' impeachment seals can pile up in my brother's study.
Man, do you know how much it costs for our cousin to go to Jiangnan?"
Cousin!
This is a cryptic phrase, alluding to Yang Guang. After all, the name Yang Guang cannot be mentioned casually.
Li Yuanxing shook his head, he really didn't know this value.
"The first year of Wude, the second year, the third year, the fourth year. The total income of the treasury in these four years was just enough for his next trip to Jiangnan. Of course, the treasury of the former Sui Dynasty was much richer than that of the Tang Dynasty, and the population of the former Sui Dynasty was also larger."
Li Yuanxing laughed loudly: "Brother, please don't raise money with me. If I go to Liaodong once, even if I spend ten years of money from the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, I can earn back ten times. I have to go to Liaodong, and the censors will impeach me no matter what."
Yes, so I have to go no matter what."
"Why did Cui Junsu and Wang Jishan go to Yaozhou?"
Li Er asked a question that seemed to have nothing to do with it.
Li Yuanxing thought for a while: "I'm afraid they are just here to watch the excitement. There will be some interesting things happening in Yaozhou."
"Brother Wei, I guess they decided to go to Yaozhou after they heard you said you were going to Liaodong!" Li Er secretly pointed at Eunuch Gao. Eunuch Gao was very discerning and immediately whispered beside Li Yuanxing: "Your Highness, this
You two are going to hide for a while. Because Your Highness, when you go to Liaodong, firstly, you will need money from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and secondly, you will make yourself famous by the Ministry of Rites!"
These two cunning guys.
"You must go!" Li Yuanxing made a very definite request.
After Li Er thought for a while, he said, "If I don't advise you anymore, brother, you have to go after one month. Within this month, the court will be fully prepared." Li Yuanxing was about to agree.
Er immediately changed his mind: "Don't say one month, even three months, until Brother agrees!"
"Okay!" Li Yuanxing nodded vigorously.
Li Er wrote a note in front of Li Yuanxing, which was addressed to Tianying Pavilion. The content was that King Qin was going to inspect Liaodong. I have agreed on this matter. The travel plan, time, route, etc. will be handled by Tianying Pavilion at its discretion.
According to King Qin's request, consider reducing the number of accompanying guards.
In fact, Li Yuanxing really made this kind of thing simple.
When he is going to a border area, the Ministry of Rites will inform the small states in the border areas in advance. To put it simply, it is to make these small states feel at ease. Otherwise, if a hundred thousand troops appear in front of these small states, it will cause panic.
Moreover, Li Yuanxing had the first example of calmly dispatching troops to destroy Liang Shidu in the border areas and besieging Jieli Khan.
"Your Highness, His Highness the Covenant of the Ministry of Rites must not know!" Eunuch Gao spoke again at Li Er's suggestion.
"Covenant, I really don't know about these things!" Li Yuanxing thought for a moment, and he really hadn't read half of the covenant.
"Go, get a copy and show it to Wu Lang!" Li Er pointed at Eunuch Gao.
"Don't read it anymore. Brother Emperor, let's talk about the most important words!" Li Yuanxing said in his heart that I don't care about the covenant.
Li Er thought for a while and said in person: "When the small states formed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, there was an article that stated that when His Highness the King of Qin takes troops to the border areas, no matter what he does, he must be formally informed in advance, and there must be
A rough description of the time and route. Among them, the deviation of the route should not be higher than two hundred miles, and the deviation of the time should not be higher than five days."
"If anyone wants to ambush me, this is an excellent way!" Li Yuanxing really didn't expect that there would be such a part in the covenant.
Ambush!
Li Er and Li Yuanxing looked at each other, their eyes becoming colder and colder.
Just when Eunuch Gao was thinking about whether he should give some advice, but he couldn't decide whether he should intervene at this time. At this time, Li Er and Li Yuanxing suddenly laughed together, and they both said at the same time: "It's good to have an ambush."
Eunuch Gao didn't understand what was so good about an ambush.
Li Yuanxing believed that it was better to have an ambush, as this would keep his Guards on alert at all times, and this would be considered a truly elite army.
The reason Li Er liked it was that once someone dared to ambush Li Yuanxing, he would mobilize an army to add an area to his territory in the Tang Dynasty.
Recently, seeing more money in the treasury and filling the warehouses with grain, Li Er was looking forward to war.
But right now, there is no enemy to fight.
Moreover, there had been peace for less than a year, and even if he wanted to go to war with Tianying Pavilion, he would not agree.
At this time, Li Yuanxing suddenly asked: "Brother Emperor, do you feel good after having Tianying Pavilion?"
"It's not very pleasant, but it's good. All you need to do for complicated official affairs is to make a charter, and Tianying Pavilion will handle it according to the charter. The efficiency of the government office has improved a lot. And another benefit is that Brother Wei's radical ideas will be resolved
Those who were persuaded by them, such as the trip to the south of the Yangtze River and the expedition, would never happen in the Tang Dynasty!"
Li Er said it sincerely, and it was indeed his sincere thoughts.
Li Yuanxing motioned to Eunuch Gao to prepare some tea for them. Eunuch Gao was a person with good eyesight and quick ideas. He immediately knew that King Qin must have something to say to the Holy Emperor alone, so he immediately withdrew without saying a word.
Li Yuanxing then said: "Brother Emperor, the structure of Tianying Pavilion is that the five professions of scholars, agriculture, industry, commerce, and military must all have their places. There can be more scholars, but scholars cannot only be Confucian scholars. Hundreds of schools of thought must be revived, and Confucian scholars
Their thinking is too single-minded. Once they fight Tianying Pavilion alone, the development of the Tang Dynasty will reach its limit!"
Li Er did not answer, did not object, but did not agree either.
"Brother Imperial, you can carefully observe Tianying Pavilion's discussion."
"No!" Li Er shook his head: "It doesn't have to be so complicated. Brother Wei once told you that when there is no internal fighting between them, they will come to fight Brother Wei. But when they fight too fiercely,
, is not conducive to the development of the Tang Dynasty. This degree must be grasped. Wulang’s suggestion is very good. First support the Legalists, Mohists, military strategists, and political strategists. Taoists and Buddhists are not allowed to enter the court, and farmers cannot be on the big stage yet!"
Li Yuanxing no longer struggled with this issue.
"Brother Huang just makes up his mind. I would like to ask, in order to persuade my brother to go to Liaodong later, is it my duty for my brother to recruit me into the palace? If you have any questions, brother Huang, just ask!"
"Brother, I want to hear you talk about the Five Wars!"
Five Wars, Li Yuanxing’s Five Wars Theory. Military War, Money War, Cold War, Cultural War, and Heart War.
Li Yuanxing really wanted to talk to Li Er about these five battles. In later generations, modern wars are no longer just battles between soldiers. It can be said that the forms of war are diverse. These are no longer within the understanding of ancient military strategists.
When Li Yuanxing was discussing the Five War Theory with Li Er, Tianying Pavilion had already received Li Er's note.
"Add an urgent topic!"
Because Wang Jishan was away, Li Jing temporarily became the host of the Tianying Pavilion meeting.
"The King of Qin is going to inspect Liaodong, and the Holy One has agreed. Tianying Pavilion is responsible for the specific details, including the time of travel. His Highness the King of Qin requires light carriages and simple travel. Let's discuss it!"
After Li Jing finished speaking, he motioned to the scribe to prepare the record.
In the Tianying Pavilion meeting place, there were actually eighty-nine members of the Tianying Pavilion present, and three members of the admonishment committee were present. There were a total of thirty-one officials from the six ministries discussing matters here, and there were twelve people qualified to speak on the issues of the ministry.
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But the venue was so quiet that you could hear breathing clearly.